EP1053377B1 - Vehicle door latch mechanism - Google Patents

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EP1053377B1
EP1053377B1 EP98959021A EP98959021A EP1053377B1 EP 1053377 B1 EP1053377 B1 EP 1053377B1 EP 98959021 A EP98959021 A EP 98959021A EP 98959021 A EP98959021 A EP 98959021A EP 1053377 B1 EP1053377 B1 EP 1053377B1
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Gurbinder Singh Kalsi
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/20—Bolts or detents
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
    • G01N33/48—Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
    • G01N33/483—Physical analysis of biological material
    • G01N33/497—Physical analysis of biological material of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/22—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle
    • E05B77/24—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle preventing use of an inner door handle, sill button, lock knob or the like
    • E05B77/26—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle preventing use of an inner door handle, sill button, lock knob or the like specially adapted for child safety
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/22—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle
    • E05B77/24—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle preventing use of an inner door handle, sill button, lock knob or the like
    • E05B77/26—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle preventing use of an inner door handle, sill button, lock knob or the like specially adapted for child safety
    • E05B77/265—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle preventing use of an inner door handle, sill button, lock knob or the like specially adapted for child safety hand actuated, e.g. by a lever at the edge of the door
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10S292/23—Vehicle door latches
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1044—Multiple head
    • Y10T292/1045—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1047—Closure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1075—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1082—Motor

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  • This invention relates to latch mechanism for doors and other closures of vehicles with particular application to the rear passenger doors of cars and light vehicles likely to be accessible to children in the vehicle but remote from immediate adult supervision. It is known to provide the latch mechanism with a child safety facility whereby the latch mechanism can be set to a child safety mode in which the door cannot be unlatched by use of the inside door handle or equivalent inside release facility when the door is shut, the setting means being rendered inaccessible by the closing of the door.
  • the object of the invention is to provide latch mechanism having a child safety facility which is of particularly simple construction requiring few components, which is economical to manufacture and assemble, and which is reliable and effective in use.
  • a vehicle door latch mechanism having a child safety facility, said mechanism including a main actuating lever operable by an exterior handle of the door and/or a remotely controlled power actuator in use to release the mechanism for opening the door; and inside release lever operable by an interior handle of the door in use; and a child safety facility having setting means inaccessible when the door is closed for selectively enabling and disabling drive connection of the inside release lever with the main actuating lever; wherein said facility includes a drive dog slidingly engaged with an arm of one of said levers for movement longitudinally thereof between a drive position at which it co-acts with an arm of the other of said levers to transmit drive from the inside release lever to the main actuating lever and a disabling position at which it is clear of said arm, and a setting element linked to the dog for effecting said movement and operatively positioned so-as to be accessible only when the door is opened.
  • the dog is a slide block carried on an arm of the main actuating lever, and the inside release lever is pivoted for movement in a plane normal to the plane of the latter arm.
  • the setting element maybe a rotatable button incorporating a crank formation linked to the slide block or other drive dog and indexed for angular movement setting the dog at one or other said position.
  • Said button or other setting element maybe located on a body or base plate of the latch mechanism, e.g. in the mouth of a throat formation of said body or base plate which receives the door post mounted striker with which the latch mechanism engages when the door is closed.
  • Fig 1 is a perspective view of a latch mechanism with some parts removed for clarity and, Fig 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view on line 2-2 of figure 1.
  • the latch mechanism 10 includes a mounting formation base plate 12 to be attached to the respective door in use and defining a throat 14 which receives a door post mounted striker (not shown) engaged by a rotating claw (not shown) which in turn is held by a releasable pawl (not shown) of the latch mechanism to secure the door in known manner.
  • a main actuating lever 16 is pivoted on the inside of plate 12 in generally parallel relationship to throat 14 and will be linked, in use, to an exterior handle of the door, operation of lever 16 disengaging the pawl from the claw so that the door is released for opening.
  • the upper arm of release lever 18 will be operatively linked to an inside handle (not shown) of the respective door.
  • a drive dog in the form of a slide block 24 is engaged on lever arm 22 and can be moved longitudinally thereof between a disabling position near the distal end of the arm at which it is clear of the release lever arm 20 and a drive position shown in broken lines in figure 2 in which it is in line with the latter arm.
  • Arm 20 has a hooked end extending towards and below lever arm 22.
  • angular movement of lever 18 is not transmitted to lever 16 as said hooked end merely swings clear below arm 22.
  • the child safety facility provided by the above described selective disabling of the drive between the two levers is operated by a setting element in the form of a rotatable button 26 (figure 2) journalled through plate 12 and having a slotted head within the mouth of throat 14.
  • the inner end of button 26 carries an eccentric crank pin 28 engaged in a slot in the under face of block 24 shaped so that it does not restrict angular movement of lever 16 but co-acts with the block to move it selectively from one said position to the other by angular movement of button 26.
  • the button can be turned by engaging the end of a key or the like with its slotted head, and it is resiliently indexed to urge it positively to the selected position.
  • button 26 is only accessible when the door is open, thus a parent or other responsible person can set the latch mechanism to child safety condition, ensuring that the door cannot be released by operation of the inside door handle, before shutting the door to contain a child in safety in the rear or other passenger seat of the vehicle.
  • the child safety facility is particularly simple in construction requiring only a few additional components, is readily assembled as part of unitary latch module for speedy installation into the door on the vehicle assembly line, and is easy to use and reliable and durable in operation.
  • the slide block or other drive dog could be carried on an arm of the inside release lever for movement between a drive position at which it co-acts with the main actuating lever and a disabling position removing drive connection.
  • the invention can be embodied in latch mechanisms of all types, whether wholly manually actuated or incorporating remotely controlled power actuation for locking and unlocking and/or powered unlatching.

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Description

This invention relates to latch mechanism for doors and other closures of vehicles with particular application to the rear passenger doors of cars and light vehicles likely to be accessible to children in the vehicle but remote from immediate adult supervision. It is known to provide the latch mechanism with a child safety facility whereby the latch mechanism can be set to a child safety mode in which the door cannot be unlatched by use of the inside door handle or equivalent inside release facility when the door is shut, the setting means being rendered inaccessible by the closing of the door.
One example of a vehicle door lock actuator incorporating a child safety facility is disclosed in EP 0775793 A1 in the name of Rockwell Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Limited.
The object of the invention is to provide latch mechanism having a child safety facility which is of particularly simple construction requiring few components, which is economical to manufacture and assemble, and which is reliable and effective in use.
According to the invention there is provided a vehicle door latch mechanism having a child safety facility, said mechanism including a main actuating lever operable by an exterior handle of the door and/or a remotely controlled power actuator in use to release the mechanism for opening the door; and inside release lever operable by an interior handle of the door in use; and a child safety facility having setting means inaccessible when the door is closed for selectively enabling and disabling drive connection of the inside release lever with the main actuating lever; wherein said facility includes a drive dog slidingly engaged with an arm of one of said levers for movement longitudinally thereof between a drive position at which it co-acts with an arm of the other of said levers to transmit drive from the inside release lever to the main actuating lever and a disabling position at which it is clear of said arm, and a setting element linked to the dog for effecting said movement and operatively positioned so-as to be accessible only when the door is opened.
Conveniently the dog is a slide block carried on an arm of the main actuating lever, and the inside release lever is pivoted for movement in a plane normal to the plane of the latter arm.
The setting element maybe a rotatable button incorporating a crank formation linked to the slide block or other drive dog and indexed for angular movement setting the dog at one or other said position.
Said button or other setting element maybe located on a body or base plate of the latch mechanism, e.g. in the mouth of a throat formation of said body or base plate which receives the door post mounted striker with which the latch mechanism engages when the door is closed.
An example of the invention is now more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein.
Fig 1 is a perspective view of a latch mechanism with some parts removed for clarity and,
Fig 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view on line 2-2 of figure 1.
The latch mechanism 10 includes a mounting formation base plate 12 to be attached to the respective door in use and defining a throat 14 which receives a door post mounted striker (not shown) engaged by a rotating claw (not shown) which in turn is held by a releasable pawl (not shown) of the latch mechanism to secure the door in known manner.
A main actuating lever 16 is pivoted on the inside of plate 12 in generally parallel relationship to throat 14 and will be linked, in use, to an exterior handle of the door, operation of lever 16 disengaging the pawl from the claw so that the door is released for opening.
An inside release lever 18, fulcrumed on a pivot pin (not shown) carried by a housing portion of the latch body removed for clarity, lies in a vertical plane as viewed in the drawings normal to the plane of movement of lever 16, its lower arm 20 being close to the right hand arm 22 of lever 16. The upper arm of release lever 18 will be operatively linked to an inside handle (not shown) of the respective door.
A drive dog in the form of a slide block 24 is engaged on lever arm 22 and can be moved longitudinally thereof between a disabling position near the distal end of the arm at which it is clear of the release lever arm 20 and a drive position shown in broken lines in figure 2 in which it is in line with the latter arm.
Arm 20 has a hooked end extending towards and below lever arm 22. When block 24 is at the disabling position angular movement of lever 18 is not transmitted to lever 16 as said hooked end merely swings clear below arm 22.
When block 24 is in the drive position it projects below arm 22 into the path of said hooked end so that lever 18 co-acts with lever 16 and operation of the inside door handle will release the latch mechanism freeing the door for opening.
The child safety facility provided by the above described selective disabling of the drive between the two levers is operated by a setting element in the form of a rotatable button 26 (figure 2) journalled through plate 12 and having a slotted head within the mouth of throat 14. The inner end of button 26 carries an eccentric crank pin 28 engaged in a slot in the under face of block 24 shaped so that it does not restrict angular movement of lever 16 but co-acts with the block to move it selectively from one said position to the other by angular movement of button 26. The button can be turned by engaging the end of a key or the like with its slotted head, and it is resiliently indexed to urge it positively to the selected position.
It will be seen that button 26 is only accessible when the door is open, thus a parent or other responsible person can set the latch mechanism to child safety condition, ensuring that the door cannot be released by operation of the inside door handle, before shutting the door to contain a child in safety in the rear or other passenger seat of the vehicle.
The child safety facility is particularly simple in construction requiring only a few additional components, is readily assembled as part of unitary latch module for speedy installation into the door on the vehicle assembly line, and is easy to use and reliable and durable in operation.
It will be appreciated that, with some latch mechanism configurations, the slide block or other drive dog could be carried on an arm of the inside release lever for movement between a drive position at which it co-acts with the main actuating lever and a disabling position removing drive connection.
The invention can be embodied in latch mechanisms of all types, whether wholly manually actuated or incorporating remotely controlled power actuation for locking and unlocking and/or powered unlatching.

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  1. Vehicle door larch mechanism (10) including a main actuating lever (16) operable by an exterior handle of the door and/or a remotely controlled power actuator in use to release the mechanism for opening the door; an inside release lever (18) operable by an interior handle of the door in use; and a child safety facility having setting means inaccessable when the door is closed for selectively enabling and disabling drive connection of the inside release lever (18) with the main actuating lever (16); wherein the child safety facility includes a drive dog (24) slidingly engaged with an arm (22) of one (16) of said levers (16,18) for movement longitudinally thereof between a drive position at which it co-acts with an arm (20) of the other (18) of said levers to transmit drive from the inside release lever (18) to the main actuating lever (16) and a disabling position at which it is clear of the latter arm (20), and a setting element (26) linked to the dog (24) for effecting said movement and operatively positioned so as to be accessible only when the door is open.
  2. Mechanism as in claim 1 characterised in that the dog (24) is a slide block carried on an arm (22) of the main actuating lever (16), and the inside release lever (18) is pivoted for movement in a plane normal to the plane of the latter arm.
  3. Mechanism as in Claim 2 characterised in that the setting element is a rotatable button (26) incorporating a crank formation (28) linked to the drive dog (24) and indexed for angular movement setting the dog at one or other said position.
  4. Mechanism as in Claim 3 characterised in that the button (26) is located on a body of base plate (12) of the latch mechanism.
  5. Mechanism as in Claim 4 characterised in that the button (26) is located in the mouth of a throat formation (14) of said body or base plate which receives a door post mounted striker with which the latch mechanism engages when the door is closed.
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